Cork teen caught with €4.3k drugs and €5k cash

A teenager who was caught with a €4,300 stash of cannabis for sale, together with €5,000 in cash, at his home in Douglas four years ago, has been given a one-year suspended prison sentence.

Nikoden Jakubowska, of Hollyville, Grange, Douglas, Cork, appeared at Cork Circuit Criminal Court, where he pleaded guilty to the charges against him.

He admitted having cannabis for sale or supply at his home on May 4, 2021, and on the same date he had more than €5,000 in cash, the proceeds of criminal conduct.

Garda Kenneth Lawton brought the charges against him. Barrister Paula McCarthy said of the accused: “He was using a good deal of cannabis at the time. He has not come to adverse attention prior to this or since. He was 19 at the time and is 23 now.

“He was fully co-operative with the investigation. This seems to have been an aberration.”